Not a Leo, help please

[Ogre]

Ok so my wife tells me a friend of hers caught a baby leopard gecko that someone released at her work in palm springs. The friend says she is having trouble getting the lil guy to eat, and asked if i would take it to take care of it. i agreed my wife went to pick it up, and when i get home from work i knowticed that its not a leo, its very fast can run up its plastics inclosure with no problem. I snapped a couple pics, please help me identify the lil guy or gal for me. i am thinking it is either a western banded gecko, or possibly a bare footed gecko. I could be wrong.





ha i love the one of him sticking his tongue out at me

 

[acpart]

It's a little hard for me to see. If it's sticking to the sides of the plastic it's not a western banded (Coleonyx). I wouldn't be surprised if it's a house gecko (or "Mediterranean" gecko). Google for their care.

Aliza

 

[Ogre]

I did and i believe you are correct, thank you for the information ill get him set up in a jiffy!!

 

[Lavodnas]

Care seems pretty similar to an African Fat Tail. There are a couple of conflicting humidity ranges on different sites but here's a page that I hope helps a little.

Caring for the Mediterranean House Gecko | The Real Owner

 

[DrCarrotTail]

I don't know what the exact species is but that little guy looks really similar to the house geckos that used to live outside of my house in TX. They climb on the outsides of houses really well, live in crevices and eat insects that come to lights and stuff at night. I thought they were adorable when I moved to TX and tried to keep a couple in a tank for a few weeks but they did not do well. They stress really easily and don't eat well in captivity. If I were you I would let it go.

Here's the wiki page for what I think it is: Common House Gecko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[JasonO80]

I don't know what the exact species is but that little guy looks really similar to the house geckos that used to live outside of my house in TX. They climb on the outsides of houses really well, live in crevices and eat insects that come to lights and stuff at night. I thought they were adorable when I moved to TX and tried to keep a couple in a tank for a few weeks but they did not do well. They stress really easily and don't eat well in captivity. If I were you I would let it go.

Here's the wiki page for what I think it is: Common House Gecko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

--Agreed I would just let it clean up the bugs around the outside of the house. I have about 20 house geckos at any given time running around the outside of my house here in Central FL at night!